The Creepy And Now Holiday-Appropriate Mansion, Thursday Evening

[deathsmajesty]

Once again, the gate that blocked off the bottom end of Phoenix Way was opened, inviting everyone to the creepy (though much less abandoned) mansion. This time, however, instead of being guided around to the gardens, the lit path led them to the front door, where the a tall figure in a tattered robe and deep cowl gestured for them to step inside the door and get onto a...boat? Once people had climbed in settled themselves, the ferryman began to guide the ship down the River Styx. Or, okay, their long entrance hallway, with blue lights to either side of their boat to mimic water and bathing everyone in an eerie blue glow. (Yes, okay, the boat perhaps wheeled down the hallway rather than floated, but they had not refinished this house just to flood the hallway for verisimilitude. Even if Liliana had considered it for a few minutes.)

The double doors leading to the ballroom were opened, with thick fog rolling out of the doorway. And through that doorway, people could descend the stairs into the Underworld proper. Black and gold were the prevailing color, with deep red nods to a pomegranate motif. Gold coins and loose gemstones added to the decor, a nod to Hades' wealth - but even amidst all the dark opulence, touches of other colors could be seen: tucked away in various corners and small niches were flowering plants, a surprise kiss of springtime to be found in the least likely places. Rather than one large chandelier, they had several, creating areas of both light and shadow around the ballroom.

Welcome to the Underworld, dear friends.

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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[ifwebeworthy]

"I totally get you," Don told her. "I don't know about the timelines--we didn't get into that too much, because too much else was different. Apparently I was...really different where Jane's from. And where I'm from she's a nurse--or, she was a nurse. She went back to school and I hear she's a doctor now. The Jane here is an astrophysicist. And also Thor. It's so weird. I'll expect her to know something, or react some way, and she doesn't, because she's different, but she's still...Jane."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[totalwildcard]

"Yeah," Harley agreed, half wistful, half exasperated, all feeling. Also totally darting a look towards Pam, across the room. "I mean, exes are complicated enough bullshit without these -- these extra layers of it not even technically bein' your ex!"

She huffed and made another face.

"'Cause the weird things in the chest are too stupid to listen to technicalities."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[ifwebeworthy]

"Tell me about it," Don said, his own expression more toward the wistful end of the scale. "Plus I was dead--well, I didn't exist--for a while, so that sort of...makes it all even weirder." And on top of that, "She also didn't exist for a while, but for a totally different reason." Comics-based canons, why were you like this?